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The Moon on Monday, August 28, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on August 28, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 August 2023361,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 28, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
361,507 km224,630 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 24, 202309:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 31, 202301:36

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Monday, August 28, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.